OneNote

OneNote is software developed by Microsoft to take and organize your notes. The program also provides opportunities for information gathering, and multi-user collaboration (this way members of a group can work offline, and all their work can later be synchronized).

OneNote can be used on any type of computer, but its full functionality is best suited for laptops, especially tablet computers (at which you can use your handwriting instead of a keyboard).

The interface is easy and reminds one of the classic old loose-leaf notebooks, and it can be used to collect pages which are printed with a virtual printer, information sent from other applications or files “dragged” directly into the application. The facilities I just mentioned combined with the fact that one can add media recordings or links, and that the program provides an ingenious print-screen-function, really makes this software suitable for collecting and organizing your information.

However, the thing I like the most in OneNote is its way of indexing, and how it allows me to search within all my information.

I will recommend OneNote – it is a VERY good program, but it’s kind of overrated. It won’t do the work for you even though someone describes it that way.